Der Infanterie-Nahkampf (1918)

Content: The intertitles describe the content of the film. Part One. Full battle dress, hand grenades, wire cutters. 1. Intertitle: Full battle dress. 2. Intertitle: Throwing from a standing position. 3. Intertitle: Position to throw. Ready. Pull off. 21! 22! Away! 4. Intertitle: Throw in a high arch, so that the hand grenade comes down steeply from above! 5. Intertitle: Carefully judge distance. 6. Intertitle: Hit! 7. Intertitle: Throwing from lying position. 8. Intertitle: Throwing from lying position with jumping up. 9. Intertitle: Throwing from trench to trench. 10. Intertitle: Hit with one's own hand grenades! Take cover from enemy hand grenades! 11. Intertitle: Fishing hand grenades hook themselves to protective wire and will, when properly primed, destroy the protective wire. 12. Intertitle: Hand grenade battle in crater field. 13. Intertitle: Always throw the hand grenade in such a way that it will explode on impact with the target! No throwing back, no salvation from the opponent possible anymore. 14. Intertitle: The egg hand grenade. 15. Intertitle: Pulling the pin with a carbine strap. 16. Intertitle: Pulling the pin on the breast plate. 17. Intertitle: Pulling the pin on the leggings button. 18. Intertitle: Makeshift pin-pulling (on the sidearm scabbard). 19. Intertitle: Cutting a path through enemy wire obstructions. 20. Intertitle: Cut the main wires off close to the post, the secondary wires close to the branch-off point. Bend the free remains of the wire to the side and take care of them. 21. Intertitle: Silently! 22. Intertitle: Crossing an undestroyed wire obstruction. Over it from above! Through underneath! As quickly as possible! 23. Intertitle: All movements in hand-to-hand combat training at a fresh, lively pace and with a brisk attitude! Part Two. The assault detachment. 1. Intertitle: Security man with pistol, 2 hand grenade throwers, leader, 2 hand grenade carriers, 2 security men with carbines = 8 men. 2. Intertitle: The assault detachment charges through a trench occupied by the enemy. 3. Intertitle: Hand grenades forward! 4. Intertitle: Two assault detachments working together comprehensively attack a crater occupied by the enemy. 5. Intertitle: The captured crater is held against the enemy's counter-attack. Part Three. Auxiliary equipment. 1. Intertitle: The 08 machine gun mounted for storming. 2. Intertitle: Light 08/15 machine gun. 3. Intertitle: The grenade thrower aka „little priest“. 4. Small mine throwers. 5. Intertitle: Single shot. 6. Intertitle: Rapid fire. 7. Intertitle: Changing position. 8. Intertitle: Carrying the dismantled mine thrower. 9. Intertitle: Smoke bomb. 10. Intertitle: Small flame-thrower. Part Four. Cooperation. 1. Intertitle: Under cover of the accompanying machine gun, the storm troop crosses a crater field that lies in range of enemy fire. 2. Intertitle: Flame-thrower detachment and assault detachment jointly charge through a trench occupied by the enemy. 3. Intertitle: The automatic counter-attack. 4. Intertitle: At the combat alert in the front line, everything in the second line, including the light 08/15 machine guns, rushes up for counter-attack without waiting for orders. 5. Intertitle: The sappers' detachment blasts a path for the assault detachment through the enemy wire obstruction. 6. Intertitle: The 32-metre long gas pipe filled with explosives is pushed under the wire obstruction. 7. Intertitle: The end of the gas pipe. 8. Intertitle: After the gas pipe has been pushed into position, everyone takes cover, the fuse is lit. 9. A 4-metre wide path has been completely cleared through which the assault detachment has stormed ahead to the battle in the trench.